In a career spanning 16 years and seven months, Amir Khan fought 40 times with 34 wins and 6 losses. By his last professional fight on February 19, 2022, Khan's boxing record stood at 34-6 (21 KO wins, 5 KO losses).
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Amir Khan (King) is a retired British professional boxer. He was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England on December 8, 1986. Khan made his professional boxing debut at the age of 18, on July 16, 2005. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. He is 36 years old, and will be turning 37 in five months and 28 days.
Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 21 |
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Total Title Wins | 2 |
Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 3 |
Losses via KO | 5 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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40 | Feb 19, 2022 | 35 | Kell Brook | Loss | TKO6 |
39 | Jul 12, 2019 | 32 | Billy Dib | Win | TKO4 |
38 | Apr 20, 2019 | 32 | Terence Crawford | Loss * | TKO6 |
37 | Sep 8, 2018 | 31 | Samuel Vargas | Win | UD |
36 | Apr 21, 2018 | 31 | Phil Lo Greco | Win | TKO1 |
35 | May 7, 2016 | 29 | Canelo Ălvarez | Loss * | KO6 |
34 | May 29, 2015 | 28 | Chris Algieri | Win | UD |
33 | Dec 13, 2014 | 28 | Devon Alexander | Win | UD |
32 | May 3, 2014 | 27 | Luis Collazo | Win | UD |
31 | Apr 27, 2013 | 26 | Julio DĂaz | Win | UD |
30 | Dec 15, 2012 | 26 | Carlos Molina | Win | RTD10 |
29 | Jul 14, 2012 | 25 | Danny GarcĂa | Loss * | TKO4 |
28 | Dec 10, 2011 | 25 | Lamont Peterson | Loss * | SD |
27 | Jul 23, 2011 | 24 | Zab Judah | Win * | KO5 |
26 | Apr 16, 2011 | 24 | Paul McCloskey | Win * | TD |
25 | Dec 11, 2010 | 24 | Marcos Maidana | Win * | UD |
24 | May 15, 2010 | 23 | Paulie Malignaggi | Win * | TKO11 |
23 | Dec 5, 2009 | 22 | Dmitry Salita | Win * | TKO1 |
22 | Jul 18, 2009 | 22 | Andreas Kotelnik | Win * | UD |
21 | Mar 14, 2009 | 22 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Win | TD |
20 | Dec 6, 2008 | 21 | Oisin Fagan | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Sep 6, 2008 | 21 | Breidis Prescott | Loss | KO1 |
18 | Jun 21, 2008 | 21 | Michael Gomez | Win | TKO5 |
17 | Apr 5, 2008 | 21 | Martin Kristjansen | Win | TKO7 |
16 | Feb 2, 2008 | 21 | Gairy St. Clair | Win | UD |
15 | Dec 8, 2007 | 21 | Graham Earl | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Oct 6, 2007 | 20 | Scott Lawton | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Jul 14, 2007 | 20 | Willie Limond | Win | RTD8 |
12 | Apr 7, 2007 | 20 | Stefy Bull | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Feb 17, 2007 | 20 | Mohammed Medjadi | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Dec 9, 2006 | 20 | Rachid Drilzane | Win | UD |
9 | Sep 2, 2006 | 19 | Ryan Barrett | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Jul 8, 2006 | 19 | Colin Bain | Win | TKO2 |
7 | May 20, 2006 | 19 | Laszlo Komjathi | Win | UD |
6 | Feb 25, 2006 | 19 | Jackson Williams | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Jan 28, 2006 | 19 | Vitali Martynov | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Dec 10, 2005 | 19 | Daniel Thorpe | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Nov 5, 2005 | 18 | Steve Gethin | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Sep 10, 2005 | 18 | Baz Carey | Win | UD |
1 | Jul 16, 2005 | 18 | David Bailey | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Khan was a super-lightweight world champion. He has held two world titles at the super-lightweight weight division, both of which were lineal championship wins.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Super-lightweight | WBA, IBF |
Amir Khan is 173 cm tall (5' 8.11") with a reach of 180 cm (5' 10.87"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 7 cm (2.76").
Khan has a 52.5% KO rate. Of his total 21 KO wins, 15 were in the early rounds, four in the mid rounds, and two in the later rounds. He has seven first-round KO wins.
Amir Khan's professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years â from 2005 to 2022.
Khan made his professional boxing debut against David Bailey at the age of 18 on July 16, 2005, defeating Bailey via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 17 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
Khan had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on July 18, 2009 after 21 professional fights, against Andreas Kotelnik for the super-lightweight WBA title. He defeated Kotelnik via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
He was a one-time unified super-lightweight world champion, and has won two world titles at super-lightweight. For all the details about Khan's world title wins and defenses refer to "Amir Khan World Titles".
Some of Khan's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Marco Antonio Barrera, Zab Judah, Andreas Kotelnik, Paulie Malignaggi, Devon Alexander, Marcos Maidana, and Billy Dib.
Khan had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow British boxer Kell Brook on February 19, 2022. Khan lost the fight via 6th round TKO. It's been 1 year, 3 months, and 22 days since this fight.
Khan fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at three weight divisions â welterweight, middleweight, and super-lightweight. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
July 18, 2009: Khan wins his first world title by defeating Andreas Kotelnik via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA super-lightweight world champion.
May 15, 2010: Khan successfully defends the WBA super-lightweight title against Paulie Malignaggi, winning the fight via 11th round TKO.
December 11, 2010: Khan successfully defends the WBA super-lightweight title against Marcos Maidana, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
July 23, 2011: Khan becomes a unified super-lightweight world champion by beating Zab Judah via 5th round KO. He now holds the WBA (Super) and IBF super-lightweight world-champion belts.
December 13, 2014: Amir Khan beats Devon Alexander via 12th round unanimous decision.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Khan's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Kell Brook, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On February 19, 2022, a 35-year old Amir Khan (34-5, 21 KO) fought fellow British boxer Kell Brook, who was 35 years old with a record of 39-3. Brook was on a one-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Khan had a 5 cm reach advantage over Brook. Coming into this fight, Brook had three losses, all of which were via stoppage
Khan lost to Brook via 6th round TKO. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On July 12, 2019, a 32-year old Amir Khan (33-5, 20 KO) fought Australian boxer Billy Dib, who was 33 years old with a record of 45-5. Dib was on a one-fight win streak with 26 KO wins. Khan was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Dib had five losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Khan defeated Dib via 4th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On April 20, 2019, a 32-year old Amir Khan (33-4, 20 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Terence Crawford, who was 31 years old with a record of 34-0. Khan was challenging Crawford's WBO welterweight title. Crawford was on a 34-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Crawford had a 8 cm reach advantage over Khan.
Khan lost to Crawford via 6th round TKO. His two-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On September 8, 2018, a 31-year old Amir Khan (32-4, 20 KO) fought Colombian boxer Samuel Vargas, who was 29 years old with a record of 29-3-2. Vargas was coming off a draw against Mauro Maximiliano Godoy in his last fight, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan. Coming into this fight, Vargas had three losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Khan defeated Vargas via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On April 21, 2018, a 31-year old Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KO) fought Phil Lo Greco in his 36th professional fight. He defeated Greco via 1st round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On May 7, 2016, a 29-year old Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KO) faced Mexican boxer Canelo Ălvarez, who was 25 years old with a record of 46-1-1. Khan was challenging Ălvarez' WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. Ălvarez was on a four-fight win streak with 32 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Khan had a 1 cm reach advantage over Ălvarez. Coming into this fight, Canelo had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Khan lost to Canelo via 6th round KO. His five-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On May 29, 2015, a 28-year old Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KO) fought American boxer Chris Algieri, who was 31 years old with a record of 20-1. Algieri was on a one-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan. Coming into this fight, Algieri had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Khan defeated Algieri via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On December 13, 2014, a 28-year old Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KO) fought American boxer Devon Alexander, who was 27 years old with a record of 26-2. Alexander was on a one-fight win streak with 14 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Khan had a 5 cm reach advantage over Alexander. Coming into this fight, Alexander had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Khan defeated Alexander via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On May 3, 2014, a 27-year old Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO) fought American boxer Luis Collazo, who was 33 years old with a record of 35-5. Collazo was on a four-fight win streak with 18 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan. Coming into this fight, Collazo had five losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Khan defeated Collazo via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On April 27, 2013, a 26-year old Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO) fought Julio DĂaz in his 31st professional fight. He defeated DĂaz via 12th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On December 15, 2012, a 26-year old Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO) fought Carlos Molina in his 30th professional fight. He defeated Molina via 10th round RTD, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On July 14, 2012, a 25-year old Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Danny GarcĂa, who was 24 years old with a record of 23-0 in a super-lightweight title-unification fight. GarcĂa was on a 23-fight win streak with 14 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Khan had a 6 cm reach advantage over GarcĂa.
Khan lost to Garcia via 4th round TKO and lost the WBA (Super) super-lightweight title. He is now on a two-fight losing streak.
On December 10, 2011, a 25-year old Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO) faced American boxer Lamont Peterson, who was 27 years old with a record of 29-1-1 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Peterson was on a one-fight win streak with 15 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan. Coming into this fight, Peterson had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Khan lost to Peterson via 12 round split-decision and lost the WBA (Super) and IBF super-lightweight titles. His eight-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On July 23, 2011, a 24-year old Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO) faced American boxer Zab Judah, who was 33 years old with a record of 41-6 in a super-lightweight title-unification fight. Judah was on a five-fight win streak with 28 KO wins. Khan was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Judah had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan. Coming into this fight, Judah had six losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Khan defeated Judah via 5th round KO to win the IBF super-lightweight title and retain the WBA (Super) super-lightweight title. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
On April 16, 2011, a 24-year old Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO) faced Paul McCloskey in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. He defeated McCloskey via 6th round technical-decision to retain the WBA super-lightweight title. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On December 11, 2010, a 24-year old Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO) faced Argentinian boxer Marcos Maidana, who was 27 years old with a record of 29-1 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Maidana was on a four-fight win streak with 27 KO wins. Khan was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 5 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Maidana had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Khan defeated Maidana via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA super-lightweight title. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On May 15, 2010, a 23-year old Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO) faced American boxer Paulie Malignaggi, who was 29 years old with a record of 27-3 in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. Malignaggi was on a one-fight win streak with 5 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Khan had a 2 cm reach advantage over Malignaggi. Coming into this fight, Malignaggi had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Khan defeated Malignaggi via 11th round TKO to retain the WBA super-lightweight title. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On December 5, 2009, a 22-year old Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO) faced Dmitry Salita in a super-lightweight title-defense fight. He defeated Salita via 1st round TKO to retain the WBA super-lightweight title. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On July 18, 2009, in his 22nd professional fight, a 22-year old Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO) had his first world title fight against Ukrainian boxer Andreas Kotelnik for Kotelnik's WBA super-lightweight belt. Kotelnik was 31 years old with a record of 31-2-1. Kotelnik was on a four-fight win streak with 13 KO wins. Khan was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Kotelnik had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Khan defeated Kotelnik via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBA super-lightweight title. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On March 14, 2009, a 22-year old Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KO) fought Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera, who was 35 years old with a record of 65-6. Barrera was on a two-fight win streak with 43 KO wins. Khan was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Barrera had six losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Khan defeated Barrera via 5 round technical-decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On December 6, 2008, a 21-year old Amir Khan (18-1, 14 KO) fought Oisin Fagan in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Fagan via 2nd round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On September 6, 2008, a 21-year old Amir Khan (18-0, 14 KO) fought an undefeated Colombian boxer Breidis Prescott, who was 25 years old with a record of 19-0. Prescott was on a 19-fight win streak with 17 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Khan.
Khan lost to Prescott via 1st round KO. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 18-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On June 21, 2008, a 21-year old Amir Khan (17-0, 13 KO) fought Michael Gomez in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Gomez via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On April 5, 2008, a 21-year old Amir Khan (16-0, 12 KO) fought Martin Kristjansen in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Kristjansen via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak.
On February 2, 2008, a 21-year old Amir Khan (15-0, 12 KO) fought Gairy St. Clair in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Clair via 12th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak.
On December 8, 2007, a 21-year old Amir Khan (14-0, 11 KO) fought Graham Earl in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Earl via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On October 6, 2007, a 20-year old Amir Khan (13-0, 10 KO) fought Scott Lawton in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Lawton via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On July 14, 2007, a 20-year old Amir Khan (12-0, 9 KO) fought Willie Limond in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Limond via 8th round RTD. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On April 7, 2007, a 20-year old Amir Khan (11-0, 8 KO) fought Stefy Bull in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Bull via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On February 17, 2007, a 20-year old Amir Khan (10-0, 7 KO) fought Mohammed Medjadi in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Medjadi via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On December 9, 2006, a 20-year old Amir Khan (9-0, 7 KO) fought Rachid Drilzane in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Drilzane via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
On September 2, 2006, a 19-year old Amir Khan (8-0, 6 KO) fought Ryan Barrett in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Barrett via 1st round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On July 8, 2006, a 19-year old Amir Khan (7-0, 5 KO) fought Colin Bain in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Bain via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
On May 20, 2006, a 19-year old Amir Khan (6-0, 5 KO) fought Laszlo Komjathi in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Komjathi via 6th round unanimous decision. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On February 25, 2006, a 19-year old Amir Khan (5-0, 4 KO) fought Jackson Williams in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Williams via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On January 28, 2006, a 19-year old Amir Khan (4-0, 3 KO) fought Vitali Martynov in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Martynov via 1st round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 10, 2005, a 19-year old Amir Khan (3-0, 2 KO) fought Daniel Thorpe in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Thorpe via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 5, 2005, an 18-year old Amir Khan (2-0, 1 KO) fought Steve Gethin in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Gethin via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On September 10, 2005, an 18-year old Amir Khan (1-0, 1 KO) fought Baz Carey in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Carey via 4th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On July 16, 2005, an 18-year old Amir Khan successfully debuted against David Bailey. He defeated Bailey via 1st round TKO.
Khan knocked out 21 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.5%. Of his total 34 wins, 21 of them were via KO (61.8%).